Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16773, Moses Dunham, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Dunham, Moses.
8 16 773
Carded
CONTENTS

N o 447 ellaine
eloses Dunham of Oxford in the State of ellaine who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Trotter of the Reg t commanded by Col Putnam in the Massachusetts line for Continental two years from March 1 st 1781 to Dec r 1783
Cop d for Sam l D. Agut
Inscribed on the Roll of ellaine at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per ann. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of September 1832 and sent to Pensioner care of Samuel F. Brown Esq. Buckfield Me
Arrears to 4th of March 1832 80 Pensioner's allowance ending 4 Sept " 40
120
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by B. G. Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 Page 54

Moses Durnham was residing in the town of Houlton, county of Aroostook State of Maine, and twenty five years of age, and says that it was a soldier in the American army, during the revolutionary war with Great Britain for more than five years, at different periods; that I have once been on the Pension Roll of the United States, pursuant to the provisions of the act of March 18. 1818, as appears by the Certificate of J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, No. 805,000, dated April 29. 1819, now in his possession and that he has been dropped therefrom on account of property pursuant to the subsequent act of Congress - that during a part of his service, he served several months as sergeant several months as corporal, but the exact time it is neither in his power to state, nor to prove - that he enlisted at Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts in fall of the year 1775 into the Company commanded by Capt. Thomas Knowlton of Col. Howe's Regiment, for one year, but actually served fifteen months and was discharged at King's Bridge - that after this, he enlisted into the Company of Stark, commanded by Capt. John Foster of the 5th Massachusetts Regiment, for three years; which term he served through & was discharged - that his place of residence is in Houlton as aforesaid & was the same when his first application was made. He makes this declaration in order to obtain the pension pursuant to the 1818 act of Congress passed June 7. 1818.
State of Maine - County of Aroostook.
July 23. 1832. Then the above named Moses Durnham to me well known to be a man of truth personally appeared & made oath to the foregoing declaration by him subscribed before me. Samuel V. Drown Justice of the Peace

State of Maine Oxford County ss. I, Rufus H. Goodwin Clerk of the County of Oxford County, certify that Samuel F. Brownrigg is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office & subscribed my name this twenty third day of July in the year 1832. Rufus H. Goodwin Clerk of the County of Oxford County

16 773
INVALID.
File No. 16 773
Miss Durham
Pr. 1888
Act: June 7th 88
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 441
[Arrangement of 1870.]

10,000
Maine R
Moses Dunkham
of in the state of who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Putnam of the Massachusetts ine, for the term of 2 Years
scribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of April and sent to A. D. Parr Portland Maine
Arrears to 4th of March 83 50 semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept 18 48  133 50
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

President Mr July 20 Aug 7 1881 London Office
(Pension Department) file
Hon. J. D. Long Postmaster Secretary of War Washington

Bickford Me July 20
(Pension Department)
free
Aug 7 1883 Sender's Office
Hon. Lewis C. Cab Secretary of War Washington D.C.

Decatur Me. July 24. 1832
Hon. L. C. C. Secretary of War
Sir
Inclosed is the application of Mrs. Dunham for the purpose of being
Sam d F. Brown

Moses Dunham - Putnam's Mass. Rep.
1 st March 1701 to Dec r 1703
14 th April 1810 -
John D. Sleeper
United States of America District of Maine ss.
I hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the several persons within named as witnesses are credible.
A. K. Parris U. S. Dist. Judge
Portland, Maine.
Moses Dunham.

I Moses Dunham a resident citizen of the United States of America, an inhabitant of Hartford in the county of Oxford and State of Massachusetts, do hereby certify and say, that in the month of November A.D. 1775 I enlisted into the army of the United States of America on the continental establishment for the term of one year as a private soldier in Capt. Thos. Mayhew's company, Col. W m Bonds regiment, Gen. Green's brigade in the Massachusetts line, which term of one year I fully served, when I was honorably discharged. I further testify, that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I found in need of assistance from my country for support and that I am not borne on any pension list of the United States. On the first of March A.D. 1781 I again enlisted into the army of the United States of America on the continental establishment for the term of three years as a private soldier, in Captain John Trotter's company, Col. Rufus Putnam's brigade numbered five in the Massachusetts line, in which service I continued until December A.D. 1783, when I received an honorable discharge since accidentally lost, when I left the service. Moses Dunham
We Jonathan Holmes and Melachi Bartlett both of Hartford in the county of Oxford and State of Massachusetts, do hereby certify and say, that we were in the continental service in the revolutionary war during a part of the period that the above named Moses Dunham served. I the said Holmes served with the said Dunham about two years in the same company, which term to my certain knowledge said Dunham served as a part of his term of three years; and I the said Bartlett served with said Dunham one year in the same company, which was the period of the year's service of said Dunham as above stated. and we the said Holmes and the said Bartlett have no doubt that said Dunham served the full terms of service as he has above stated. - And do we do further testify that from the best of our knowledge

and belief the said Moses Dunham, in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, stands in need of assistance from his country for support.
Jonathan Holmes M. Marsh
We hereby certify that in our opinion Moses Dunham stands in need of the assistance of his country to relieve him from the necessity of hard labour for for his maintenance and support.
Abida Hayford (Selectmen James Packer of Hartford

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Moses Dunham the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence The affidavits of Jonathan Holmes & Meluchai Bartlett fellow soldiers with said applicant in the revolutionary war, made and signed in my presence; also the certificate of Abigail Hayford and James Pease, municipal officers, relative to said applicant's circumstances in life; all which are hereunto annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Moses Dunham the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albion L. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
And I do further certify that it has been proved to my satisfaction, that the above named Moses Dunham , in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his country for support. Albion L. Parris U.S. Dist. Judge etc

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Dunham, Nathaniel GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 8274 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 16, 1789 8 To not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.